1git-prune-packed(1) 2===================== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11'git prune-packed' [-n|--dry-run] [-q|--quiet] 12 13 14DESCRIPTION 15----------- 16This program searches the `$GIT_OBJECT_DIR` for all objects that currently 17exist in a pack file as well as the independent object directories. 18 19All such extra objects are removed. 20 21A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta 22compression applied, stored in a single file, with an associated index file. 23 24Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, 25disk storage, etc. 26 27 28OPTIONS 29------- 30-n:: 31--dry-run:: 32 Don't actually remove any objects, only show those that would have been 33 removed. 34 35-q:: 36--quiet:: 37 Squelch the progress indicator. 38 39Author 40------ 41Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 42 43Documentation 44-------------- 45Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> 46 47SEE ALSO 48-------- 49linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] 50linkgit:git-repack[1] 51 52GIT 53--- 54Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite